Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3132, Jesse Dunham, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
mass.
Dunham, Jesse
R 3132
CONTENTS

I, Timothy Heathaway of Haverwick, in the County of Worcester v. State of Massachusetts, aged eighty eight years, Depose and say that I was born in New Bedford in Massachusetts and lived there till the British came to Boston in the beginning of the Revolutionary War, and I went into the Revolutionary Army and served about 6 months under Capt Thomas G. Randall.
After this term of service, and during the war, I removed to Haverwick where I have had my home ever since. Not long after I removed to Haverwick, I again enlisted and went into the Army for six months under Capt. Timothy Paige. We were marched to West Point and were there at the time of the Battle of Saratoga. I saw Dunham was one of the company to which I belonged, but I do not now remember when Capt Dunham left the service. I was well acquainted with Capt Dunham. He married Lois Hatch, who was my niece. Dunham moved away from Haverwick with the family of my Uncle Hatch, which went from Haverwick to Westminster Mass, and afterwards, as I have reason to believe, Dunham removed to Barnard in Vermont.
And further this Deposition is true to the best of my knowledge.
Dated at Haverwick this twenty eighth day of December A.D. 1844. Timothy H. Hathaway
Attest, H. W. Snow
Worcester ss. Decr. 28 th 1844. Then the above named Timothy Hathaway acknowledged the above and made oath. To the truth thereof, before me, Joseph Stone, Justice of the Peace
I certify that Timothy Hathaway, above named, is a competent and credible witness. Joseph Stone, Justice of the Peace

Lipar  Stunham
T. no 2612

STATE OF VERMONT, } WINDSOR COUNTY, ss. }
On this Tenth day of August , A. D. 1832 personally appeared, in open Court before the Judge of the Probate Court of Windsor District now sitting, Isaac Sunnham , a resident of the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That at Hanawick in Massachusetts where he then resided he enlisted on the first of February 1776 for the term of two months under Capt. Clark , lieut. Robinson , the name of the Ensign not now recollected. That immediately on enlisting they marched to Dorchester Massachusetts where they remained during the said term of two months. That the force at that place were under the command of Col. Stowe . he believes - While there we had a few cannon shot but no regular engagement - That at the end of the said two months he was discharged at said Dorchester but received no written discharge - That at Hanawick in Massachusetts he again enlisted for two months in the State Troops , as he thinks, on the 17th day of September 1776 under Capt. Timothy Sage , Col. Converse and Lt. Col. Sawyer - Marched immediately to Horse-neck New York - from there to Sobbs Ferry on the Hudson River and remained there a while guarding the military stores - From there they marched to King's Bridge , thence up the river the distance of about five miles to a place the name of which he has forgotten where he was discharged about the 17th of November of the same year 1776 - That he was in no battle - That again in the month of September 1779 at said Hanawick he enlisted for the term of three months in the State Troops of Massachusetts , as he thinks under Capt. Richardson - That he immediately marched to Springfield Massachusetts thence to Hudson New York where they tarried a while, thence up the River to Green Bush and thence to Albany where they remained till he was discharged which was the last of November or first part of December 1779 and which was a few

days before his three months expired - That the reason for such premature discharge was that an expedition was planned to Fort Stanwix upon the Mohawk River but owing to the lateness of the season and other causes the enterprise was abandoned and he was discharged - He was born at Plympton in the County of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts on the 21st of April 1757 - Moved from there when in my eighteenth year to Haverhill and lived there seven or eight years when I came to Vermont into the Town of Hartland where I lived two years and over and then moved to Royalton where I now reside.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the } day and year aforesaid. }
Jesse Dunham
J. Marsh, Register
We, Washington Granger a Clergyman residing in Ditmars and Miles May residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jesse Dunham who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Sixty five years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the } day and year aforesaid. }
Washington Granger Miles May
J. Marsh, Register
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Washington Granger who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Bethel Vermont and that Miles May who has also signed the same, is a resident in said Bethel and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Sylvanus A. Marsh Register of the Court of Probate of the District of Hartford do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jesse Dunham for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this tenth day of August
A. D. 1832
J. Marsh, Register

J. Dunkans 215 Declaration
a year

Declaration of Jesse Dunham
State of Vermont } Hartford District }
At a Probate Court holden within and for the said District on the 23 rd Day of July Eighteen hundred forty four personally appeared Jesse Dunham of Royalton in said District aged Eighty Seven years , who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the acts of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he was a private soldier in the Revolutionary war and enlisted from Hardwick Worcester County Vt under the command of Captain Barnabas Sears or Beers in or about January 1776 it being about the time that many were returning home who he then was informed was out at the Battle of Bunker Hill and he met many on their way home as he with the company was going to Boston and he was stationed at Roxbury near by Boston most of the time but was at Dorchester some part of the time and was absent there when the British evacuated Boston and was in Boston the next day after they left it and in a few days after his time was out as he enlisted for two months and he then went home to Hardwick and in September the same year he again enlisted for about two months more under the command of Captain Timothy Page and went to New York to a place called Dobbs Ferry above the city and marched up and

of down
the river Hudson until his time was out and was out for two months for which he enlisted and while he was there there was a battle near by but don't remember the name of the place but thinks Thomas Crowell was wounded. There was several skirmishes near by and about New York while he was there. After this he went home and he thinks that in the fall of 1779 he served between one and two months under Captain Joseph Richardson but cannot tell any circumstances but in the fall of 1780 he well recollects of enlisting for three months under Lieut. Col. Joseph Richardson and went to Brooklyn New York and marched from there to Clovenick (and now called Hudson he thinks) and then marched to Albany and was stationed on Albany Flats until his time was out or but that time he thinks he and others with him were discharged a few days before their time was out and he got home to Lieut. David Wick on the day of the birth of his Son Nathaniel which was December 18th 1780 and he further declares that in both of said campaigns at New York he served as a piper in addition to his other service on all the marches and was the only one in the company in the last campaign. Timothy Banister listed piper but did not go he listed under Lieut. Richardson in the fall of 1780 and by reason of old age and loss of his faculties he cannot remember any other officers names and circumstances for then than above stated.
Jesse Brumham

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above mentioned by the above declarant Jesse Dunham in open court, and I further certify that the above declarant is personally known to me and that he is a person of truth and credibility. - George E. Wales. - Judge -
State of Vermont Hartford District
I Oel Billings Register of the Court of Probate of the District of Hartford aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Jesse Dunham for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Woodstock in said District this 23 d day of July A D 1844.
Oel Billings Register.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jesse Dunham a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. R. F. 3132.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb. 1, 1776 2 mos. Pri Samuel Dyer Stone Mass.   Feb. 17, 1776 to Nov. 17, 1776 Lincoln Paige Conner   Oct. 1779 to Dec. 1779 Joe. Richardson ✓   July 1780 ✓ Joe. Richardson ✓  
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hardwick, Mass. Date of application for pension, Aug. 18, 1832. Residence at date of application, Royallston, Windsor Co., Vt. Age at date of application, B. Apr. 21, 1757, at Plympton, Mass.
Remarks: He was (date not stated) Louis Hatch.  A son, Nathaniel was born Dec. 18, 1780.  There is no further data relative to family.  His claim was rejected on the ground of insufficient proof of service, as required by the Act of June 7, 1832, under which he applied.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
RECORDED
3135
Jan'y 26, 1905. His to Isaac W. Dunham Schenectady N.Y. 1917, Nov. 27. History to Mr. Mrs. Ida M. Strossman
P. O. Isaac Dunham
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

No 2612 Jesse Dunham VI-
Set to Wm J. Colleman Jan 5 th 49 Col. to same March 9. 49
3/132
act 7 June 1832

Mr. R. G. Callahan altg

John Newton's Affidavit

I John Newton of Barnard in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, of lawful age depose testify and say, that I was in the army of the United States at Dorchester in the State of Massachusetts in the Winter of 1776 and that I know that Depe Dunham now of Paysonton Windsor County Vermont, was doing duty at said Dorchester for the space of two months during said Winter.
John Newton
State of Vermont Windsor County ss. Attest August 10th. 1832 then personally appeared John Newton the signer of the above affidavit and made solemn oath that the same contains the truth and nothing but the truth. Jonathan Marsh Justice of the Peace Barnard
I hereby certify that the above named John Newton is a credible person.
Jonathan Marsh Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont (Woolstock County Clerk's Office 14 th August 1832 I - Windsor County ss) Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court Do hereby certify that Jonathan Marsh is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County and that the above are his signatures In Testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of said Court, and subscribe my name the day & year last above
Benj. Swan

Timothy Newton
Affidavit for Miss Durham

I Timothy Winters of Barre County of Windsor and State of Vermont of Lawfull age Testify and say that I was acquainted with Jesse Dunham in the year 1776 that in the month of September in said year he Enlisted into Capt Timothy Dorr's Company in Bennington Works, that we marched from Bennington Wapsquashutt to Dobb's Ferry on the Hudson River, that I was in the same company with Jesse Dunham and that he served two months and further the Deposed saith not Timothy Winters
State of Vermont Windsor County ss Bennington August 9 th 1832 I Timothy Winters Personally appeared and took Oath that the above affidavit of his Subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth and hereby certify that the said Timothy Winters is a credible witness J. B. D. Smith Justice Peace
State of Vermont Woodstock County Clerk's Office 14 th August 1832 Windsor County ss) I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court Do hereby certify that Joseph B. D. Smith is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County and the above is his Signature - - In Testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of said Court & subscribe my name the day & year last above
Benj. Swan

Claim of Lepe Surham Royalton Vt
Leut Claimant

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
April 8 th
1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjóined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.                 
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr Jesse Dunham
Rogallon VT

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. An applicant will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

House of Representatives Feb. 3. 1849
Sir,
You some time since sent me a letter in relation to the case of Capt. Dunham of Royalton Windsor County Vermont an applicant for Revolutionary Pension. That letter I sent his agent H. Spear Esq. without reading it and in return I have recd. the papers herewith inclosed. It seems by your letter you called for his former papers and they are now sent having laid incomplete in another persons hands many years. I also send with them Spear letter to me in relation to the case. I hope the case may receive a favorable consideration from the respect I have to Mr. Dunham who I have personally known many years & he has certainly long been a very respectable man now old & much broken.
Respectfully Yours
J. Collamer.
Col. J. S. Edwards Govt. of Vermont

I, John Gorham of Haverwick, in the County of Worcester & State of Massachusetts, aged eighty five years, depose and say, that in the year 1776, in January, as I believe, I enlisted for two months in the Revolutionary Army, under Capt. Barnabas Leavitt. I joined his company, and served in it two months. The company was stationed at Dorchester near Boston. Jesse Dunham was a Private Soldier in this company. He joined it when I did, and served in it as long as I did.
In the autumn of the same year, I was with the Army near New York and was at the Battle of the White Plains. In the course of that Autumn I learned that Capt. Timothy Paige of Haverwick had joined the Army with a company of Militia; but I cannot testify that Jesse Dunham was in Capt. Paige's company. And further this Deponent saith not.
Dated at Haverwick this 9 th day of October A.D. 1844.
John Gorham
Worcester ss. Oct. 9 th 1844. Sworn and subscribed before me, Joseph Stone, Justice of the Peace.
I certify that John Gorham above named sustains the character of unimpeachable veracity, and that he retains all his mental faculties in an unusual degree.
Joseph Stone, Justice of the Peace.

Mr. T. J. Tullama
March 9. 49

Pension Office March 9th, 1849
I have the honor return herewith Mr Spears letter and to inform you that the original papers of Jesse Dunham which accom- panied your communication of the 3rd ulto afford no evidence of his identity with the soldier bearing his name credited with service on the record of Massachusetts under Capt Brandon - in 1775. He states in his first as well as his last separate declaration which is a transcript only, after that his service commenced in 1776 and at that time he then belonged to Hardwick. He set up no claim for service not 1775 or under Capt Brandon in 1775 or at any other period - nor has it been shown that Jesse Dunham who was attached to that Officers Command belonged to the Town of Hardwick. The alleged service in 1780 stated or testified to by the record of Massachusetts The evidence now furnished is not sufficient to show that experience under as much as 6 mos service
Wm H. C. C. C. Pension Office

San Jacinto (Collamer) Jan'y 3 '69

Pension Office January 3 rd , 1849
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you that the papers transmitted by you in the suit of the Claim of Jesse Durham have been examined and placed on our files.
Claimant, alleges that he entered the Service in 1971, January  from Bardinick, and continued therein in Capt Sears. Assuming for 6 months, an option of the same year he again enlisted for 2 months under Capt Page, in 1979, he served between one and two months, under Capt Richardson and in 1980 about 3 months under the same officer.
No evidence has been introduced to establish the term under Capt Sears; and the Certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shows that the service credited to his name under Capt Richardson amounted to 1 mo 19 days. Since the last service and all that he claimed to have under Capt Page be admitted it would not be sufficient to entitle him to a pension - He did pick up some under Capt  or under any other officer Brandon in 1775. Nor has it been shown that the son of Capt Brandon's Company belongs to Hawick, - the son of Dunham known there James

Cannot be considered in the adjustment of this Claim.
It appears from our records that Lessee Dunham asserted a claim to a pension very shortly after the passage of the act of 7 June 1832 and that his papers were returned to him in before They should be again filed in this office and satisfactorily accounted for if they can now be found
Hon Jacob Collamer House of Reps,

Bucksport Dec 18 1885
I here with send to you the papers in the pension case of Jesse Dunning which were in 1841 left in Boston and have lost from me until of late by reason of the death of the man with whom they were left.
There seems to be no records at Boston of Dunning's service in 1816 in Capt Sears company (yet there may be in the Pension office) there is however my rolls in that office for 1816 the same way he had of Dunning's service in Capt Page's company for the same year at White Plains I am very sure that there are rolls in the Pension office of several regiments at White Plains in 1816.
most the Matilda service after 1880 must kept by record at Wishing or not my reason for the few are in Boston it is hoped that the the pensioner under Capt Joseph Richmond will be found at the Pension off for that year. I here with send the separation certificates of
Timothy Hathaway and John Grahame and there is no evidence that Joseph Stone was a justice of the Peace at that time. If the affidavits are considered of importance by the the Department I wish you to have the same to the Secretary's office at Boston where they will receive a certificate to that effect.
I would also say that Declaration of Gideon Woodson and papers of a Pensioner of Barnard Windsor County Vermont will throw much light on this case as they were not together and Woodson used Dunning's affidavit in his case to which the Department is referred please forward the same and
much obliged your Most Obed Servant Yours of Belamer House Reps Ebenezer Dyer

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Jesse Dunham
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act 7 June 1832

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Nov 11 1811.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Jesse Tinkham is found upon a pay roll of Capt. Thomas Branton from July 17. 1778. Service 17 days upon a pay roll of Capt. Joseph Richardson Col. Denny from Oct 19. 1777. Service 19 days. There are no rolls of Capt. Branton here in this Office.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sawyer, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Jose Munhena Affidavit

State of Vermont. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice Militia Court of the State for said County of Windsor. I, De- Benham, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he has made his declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832 which he herewith transmits to the De- partment of War at Washington, but which has been returned to him, and which he intends sending again with this affida- vit. That owing to old age and consequent loss of memory, he cannot now distinctly recollect every particular in relation to his service as a soldier, but that he knows that the facts stated in his original declaration are substantially true. — That he enlisted as a soldier at Hartford Massachusetts, the first of February 1776, under Capt. Scary, Lieut. Robinson. (That from the length of time he does not remember the name of the Ensign). That the Regiment to which he was attached was commanded, according to the best of his recollection by Col. Stone, but the name of the other field officers he has now forgotten. That he served the said two months at Norwich Massachusetts as stated in his original declaration to which the affidavit is referred, and was discharged at Norwich, the first of April 1776, but received no written discharge. — That at S. Hadley he again enlisted for the term of two months as a soldier, into the Company commanded by Capt. Silas H. Prige. Lieut. Robinson (the name of the Ensign he cannot now recollect, nor is he certain if there was one, but he thinks it was so). The Regi- ment to which he belonged was commanded by Col. Bowdoin and Lieut. Col. Sawyer, but the name of the Major he has now forgotten. That he enlisted on 17th day of September A.D. 1776 and marched imme- diately to Horse Neck, New York, and to the other places named in his original declaration, and after serving his two months (as stated in his original declaration) he was discharged at a place called Long Manor, as he now recollects, in the State of New York, on the 17th day of November, but received no written discharge.

That again in 1779 in the fore part of October as he now thinks he enlisted as a soldier into the Company commanded by Capt. Richardson (he cannot now recollect the name of the Lieut. or Brigade of the Company.) That he well recollects that a man by the name of Wilcox was orderly Sergeant. That immediately upon his enlisting he marched to Springfield Massachusetts, and thence to the other places named in his original declaration. That the names of the officers of the Regiment to which he belonged he has forgotten, as the Company to which he belonged was not with the rest of the Regiment but a small part of the time. nor does he now recollect of the Company to which he belonged ever being paired with the rest of the Regiment but once during this term of service. That he served as stated in his original declaration till the middle of December according to the best of his recollection when he was discharged at Albany New York. That owing to old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot now positively state the precise time of his last enlistment or the precise time of his discharge, but that he knows he was discharged a short time previous to the expiration of his three months. That he stated in his original declaration that the last mentioned enlistment was in September 1779, and that he was discharged the last of November or some part of December of the same year. but upon reflection he thinks he did not enlist till the fore part of October nor was he discharged till the middle of December or after. The precise length of this term of service he cannot positively state, but that he knows he served a term not short of two months, and that he served in all not short of six months. That he received no written discharge from his last term of service, and that he knows of no person now living by whom he can prove his last term of service. That for all the time aforesaid he served in an embodied Corps called into service by Continental authority, that he was either in the field or in the Garrison, and for all the time during which the service was performed he was not engaged in any civil pursuit.
Jesse Brewham

State of Vermont - Attest January 28 th 1834. personally appeared Windsor County ss. Miss Dunham the signer of the foregoing affidavit and made solemn oath that the same contains the truth and nothing but the truth.
(Before me)
Julius Converse Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the said Dunham has lived long personally known to me and that he has ever and still does sustain an un- exceptionable character both as a citizen and a Christian and is a credible witness.
Julius Converse Justice of the Peace.
State of Vermont } I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court Windsor County } Do hereby certify, that Julius Converse is a Justice of the Peace within my said Court, duly Commissioned and that the above are his Signatures. -
In Testimony whereof, I hereto affix the Seal of said Court, and subscribe my name this Seventh day of January 1834 -
Benj o Swan

cup Jesse Danham

June 17 1925
Jesse Dunham enlisted in the year 1775 under the command of Captain Barnabas Sears I think and with me Nathaniel Baige and with him Robert Dean John Crewton many others from Hardwick in Mass which I then lived and staid there two months and was dismissed and returned back to Hardwick
in the same year on the first of September I enlisted under the command of Captain Timothy Baige of Hardwick to go to New York and we went to Dobbs Ferry and we went there and were stationed there and marched up and down the river scouting and until our time was out and then we returned home this Jesse Dunham will testify
Jesse Dunham went to Pumbarsket in July 1775 and was with Capt. Lord's Company a short time but did not enlist but stayed there some weeks and worked was not in the army most home in the winter
2 Shaduck Schoduck

1789 in 1789 Wash born in 1789 Jesse
1789

I Jesse Sunham went to Albany in the time of the revolution war we started from Hardwick sometime in the fall of 1780 and we staid same time in the and we went threw Brookline and traveled to Charwick which is now called Sturtevant and went to Albany under Captain Richerson and we staid there some time I do not know how long but we were stationed on Albany flats and how long we were there I do not remember but we left for three months and we were disbanded and came home and got home December the 18th 1780

222 South Ave. Aurora, Ill.,
Nov. 20, 1917.
Mr. Saltzgaber:-
Dear Sir:-
If you have a pension record of Jesse Durham kindly send me the same. He was born Apr. 21, 1756 in Plympton, Mass. - died Apr. 23, 1845 in Royalton, Vt.
Married Oct 7, 1779 Lois Hatch (1757-1798)
2 Ruth Hatch (sister of Lois).
3. Elizabeth Riply (died Jan 22-1847)
Children:-
Nathaniel, Asa, Noah, Hannah, Lydia, Lucy, Jesse, Joseph, Harvey, Harrison, Ezra Lois + Norman.
Respectfully yours,
(Mrs) Ida Marion Strossman
Registrar of Aurora Chapter
D. C. R.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Dunham, John GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4021 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Oct. 20, 1789 To John Holmes
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.